The new Umarex Avera air pistol was first seen at the 2025 IWA OutdoorClassics show in Germany. Then HAM readers learned more details in our post in March.
Now we have one in-house and can bring some first impressions of this CO2-powered gun.
As we can see, Umarex has invested in a good-quality, colored retail box for the Avera. That’s important for attracting sales in a “big box” store environment, where the box is the salesman for the product.
The box also shows wadcutter pellets as the preferred diet of the Avera. Sensible advice.
Umarex wisely includes an additional two 8-round magazines (for a total of three) with the gun. That’s a great move as multiple mags can be pre-loaded for shooting or in case of inadvertent loss. Additional magazines are also available in three-packs as an accessory purchase.
In addition, our gun had two spare locking keys for the pistol grip, as shown in the photograph below. Another great move!
The Avera is intended to be shot using open sights. I found it comfortable to hold, with the pistol grip being a good size for my hands.
The rear sight is readily-adjustable for a large amount of windage. It slides in the dovetail slot you can see below and is held in the desired position using a setscrew. (You’ll need a 1.5 mm Allen key for this).
But we can also see that the hammer has no spur. This is an indication that the Umarex Avera air pistol cannot be fired single action. It’s double-action only, which is a shame given the heavy trigger pull weight.
We’ll bring you full details in the planned future comprehensive HAM test review.
Oh, and note the location of the barrel in the photograph below. The elaborate “air stripper” molding is just for show, not an indication of the real barrel location.
The synthetic, eight-wound magazines have surprisingly tight clearances in the surrounding molded frame. That’s probably intended to restrict CO2 loss when firing (Which can be endemic with some other CO2-powered airguns using a similar rotary magazine concept.
The bright red/orange slider is pulled forward to allow the mags to be inserted and removed.
There’s a simple, but effective manual safety. It uses the trigger block system, with the block being molded into the frame of the gun.
Unlike the related Umarex MarkPoint spring/piston pistol, the Avera has functional molded Picatinny rails both on top of the frame and below it.
This allows for a variety of sights, lasers, lamps etc to be mounted on the gun. I found it useful to mount a Leapers UTG OP3 Micro Green Dot sight, as we can see below.
Unsurprisingly, the 12 Gram CO2 cartridge is located in the pistol grip of the Umarex Avera air pistol. However, the installation method is slightly unusual.
First the pistol grip is removed by unscrewing the above-mentioned locking key. The 12 Gram CO2 cartridge is them inserted and pierced using a regular, flat-blade screwdriver.
This is a change from the normal Allen-key method of installation and – to me – makes a lot of sense as we all have a suitable screwdriver around. (You can also use the end of the locking key, should you wish).
So that’s it! The Umarex Avera air pistol is yet another attractive new introduction from Umarex USA and it has a very interesting Street Price of $49.99.
The three-packs of additional magazines are just $7.29, so it makes sense to buy some at the same time as the pistol, CO2 cartridges and pellets.
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Umarex Avera CO2 Air Pistol 0.177
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